RS Prasanna’s coming-of-age sports comedy Sitaare Zameen Par, starring Aamir Khan in the lead, witnessed its most drastic drop on Monday, its 11th day at the domestic box office. The film, which had been slowly and surely making its presence felt in cinemas, has started to slow down towards the end of its second week. On Monday, Sitaare Zameen Par earned Rs 3.75 crore, which was a massive drop from its second Sunday collection of Rs 14.5 crore. It’s also the lowest the film has earned in a single day so far, its previous lowest being Rs 6.5 crore on its first Thursday.
As per Sacnilk, the current box office collection of Sitaare Zameen Par in India stands at Rs 126.4 crore. Aamir’s film still hasn’t been able to surpass Salman Khan’s action movie Sikandar, which earned Rs 129.95 crore at the domestic box office earlier this year. It’s also trailing Akshay Kumar’s Sky Force, which made Rs 134.93 crore earlier this year.
Over the past four days, Sitaare Zameen Par has also begun to face a new competitor in Vishal Furia’s mythological horror film Maa, starring Kajol. Co-produced by Ajay Devgn, the film comes from the world of his hit supernatural thriller last year, Shaitaan. Maa, which also witnessed a drastic drop on its first Monday, has collected Rs 19.9 crore so far at the box office.
Starting this Friday both films will face fresh competition in the Hindi market. Anurag Basu’s romantic anthology Metro…In Dino, the spiritual successor to his 2007 hit film Life.. in a Metro, hits cinemas on July 4. Backed by T-Series, it boasts of a stellar ensemble cast including Sara Ali Khan, Aditya Roy Kapur, Ali Fazal, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Neena Gupta, Anupam Kher, Konkona Sen Sharma, and Pankaj Tripathi.
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This Friday will also see the release of the Hindi dubbed version of Gareth Edwards’ sci-fi adventure thriller epic Jurassic World Rebirth, starring Scarlett Johansson and Mahershala Ali. The Hindi box office collection (Rs 29.68 crore) of Christopher McQuarrie’s Tom Cruise-starring spy thriller Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is proof how much the dubbed Hindi versions of Hollywood epics amass in India.
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Backed by Aamir Khan Productions, Sitaare Zameen Par is the spiritual sequel to Aamir’s 2007 directorial debut Taare Zameen Par. Boasting of a largely neurodivergent cast, the movie also stars Genelia D’Souza, Dolly Ahluwalia, and Brijendra Kala. It’s the official Indian adaptation of the 2018 Spanish film Campeones.
